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We have been in LaLiga IPS for three months. The worrying thing is that they are not going unless, but more

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During the last three monthsLaLiga has not stopped ordering IPS blockages to fight against illegal soccer matches through IPTV services. These blockages have only intensified, and more and more affected legitimate websites are. The last victim: Twitch. Intensive blocks. Sergio Conde, an engineer at Tinybird, monitored the blockages and published his conclusions in X. There highlighted How the blockades affected twice IPS on Sunday – with Real Madrid game – compared to Saturday. During this meeting other users They showed As 12 cloudflare DNS servers were fallen. What about Twitch. These blockages are also producing more and more intensive and extend even at times when there are no broadcasts of LaLiga. Last Friday Some of the IPS included in the blockages were used by Twitch, although they point out In TorrentfreakThey affected the streamers irregularly. It is surprising that even that service is affected, especially considering that LaLiga maintains good commercial relations with Amazon/Twitch and there has already been joint projects Between both companies. More and more affected. Eduardo Saldaña, co -director of the middle the world order, complained in x last Saturday when its platform – a legitimate company, Like so many others affected– It was inaccessible. “Our case is one of many others,” he said. “There are thousands of pages and companies that are affected their activity by the sentence in favor of the Football League …”. For him this “is the same as bombing a neighborhood because there are two floors that traffic with drugs”, explained. And economic and reputational losses follow. What Conde raised is the same as many users and companies that have seen how their businesses end up economically or reputationally harmed by these IPS blockages. We already talked to some of the victims of these LaLiga actions that told us how they had noticed diverse impacts at an economic level, and in one of the cases they highlighted us how “We have gone from entering 70,000 euros per month to 40,000” And “unemployed” websites. But in addition to these problems for companies or users who offer their blocked IPS contents, there is the damage to users, who still cannot access websites of all kinds. The domino effect of the blockade has caused singular situations: Sponsors of teams of the First Division Soccer League have been inaccessible, as websites have also done like that of the Royal Academy of Language. IPS blocks usually last hours, but in some cases these blockages are indefinite and have been active weeks. Not only cloudflare. On the website Is there now football? It is possible to monitor the state of the blockages, and there you can check in the “Timeline” section how during the weekend the blockages to several IPS were notable during the retransmission of LaLiga matches, from 4:00 p.m. to 00:00. These blockages, of course, affected Cloudflare IPS, but also to other CDNs. In the case of getting or quic.cloud, some IPS literally have literally blocked weeks. Without forecasting to change anything. LaLiga’s insistence on this type of blocks suggests that at least until the current league season does not finish – at the end of May – the blockages will continue to be produced. There are no news In the legal fieldand the question, of course, is what will happen later. The sentence In which LaLiga is supported, it extends until season 2026/27 included, which could lengthen these problems until then. Image | LaLiga In Xataka | “Every time there is football, the website falls”: the collateral effects of LaLiga blockages in thousands of users

We take more and more mercury through fish. There are those who want to solve it with “design” probiotics

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The presence of mercury in fish (or in some fish) is A growing problem in the field of food security. Prolonged exposure to this pollutant is an important risk to people’s health, a risk that could go worse in the coming years. Detox, but real. A team of researchers has manipulated a bacterium present in the digestive system of humans to do it Able to eliminate methylmercury present in fish. In a study with mice, the mechanism allowed this toxin to reach other organs of the animal, such as brain or liver. An increasing problem. He methylmercury It is a cation, a molecule with a positive charge, which gives its name to a series of compounds that integrate this form of mercury. Methylmercurio is also the most common way in which we can find organic mercury naturally. Mercury in its different forms is a pollutant present not only in some pesticides but also in Gas emissions to the atmosphere. These mercury residues end up arriving at the sea and the trophic chain, a process called “biomagnification.” This heavy metal tends to accumulate more in larger fish and in those closest to the cusp of the “food pyramid.” And from there, to our kitchens. Design bacteria. The work It started from a known bacterium and abundant in our digestive system, Thetaiotaomicron bacteroids. It inserted coding DNA enzymes from another known bacterium present in the soil, a bacterium with a determining feature, its resistance to mercury. Probiotics The team first checked In vitro that these bacteria had managed to become resistant to methylmercury, and then administer bacteria to mice. These soon were integrated into the digestive system of mammals, which was administered orally to study the impact. The team first analyzed the effect of The administration of a large amount of this compound. They found that in the mice to whom the new bacterium had been administered, the mercury began to disappear shortly after its administration, a purification process that lasted for about four days. In the long term. The team also studied the effects of moderate but prolonged mercury consumption in time. The team altered the mice diet and made it rich in red tuna, one of the fish with higher heavy metal concentrations. Not only did they verify that the methylmercury continued to disappear from the digestive systems of the mice, they also verified that it did not permeate the body of these. The team studied the effect on pregnant mice, checking that methylmercury levels were kept low in maternal and fetal tissues, including less toxicity in the fetus’s brain. The details of the study were published In an article In the magazine Cell Host & Microbe. A problem that will go worse before better. The study opens the way to the use of “design” probiotics that could help us avoid the worst consequences of mercury pollution. This method does not attack the root problem but, as their own creators explain, it can help us address a problem without a short -term solution. “Despite global efforts to reduce mercury emissions and their accumulation in fish, metercurio levels are not expected stood out in a press release Amina Schartup, co -author of the study. In Xataka | Some researchers were following a tuna. Suddenly they discovered that I was on a road on the way to Birmingham Image | Ryutaro Tsukata

The problem with Tesla Cybertruck is not its price, you don’t know if it comes direct from a field

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The story of Reza Sostani is the best summary of the Tesla disaster with his Cybertruck. A Texan client that took only one day to return it after buying it. The reason? He acquired the Tesla Cybertruck on April 25 and, just a few hours later, the vehicle was ready for collection. This immediacy in the delivery, despite what it might seem, is bad news. The Lostani case. Relatani says He is one of the buyers of the Cybertruck in Tesla. On April 25 he made the order of the car, surprising after the immediate allocation of Vin number (number of identification chassis of each vehicle) and notification on the same day that his car was prepared for the collection. Different, he decided to ask Tesla from where the vehicle came from and how it was possible that he was ready. The Tesla representative he consulted soon in giving him the news: his cybertruck had left the factory on January 8. The Cybertruck and their dates. Buying a vehicle that has been manufactured for a few months has an immediate translation: stock accumulation. In the case of Tesla this is especially relevant, since its models usually have high demand (Model 3) and it is common for stock units to have a few weeks old. If we take into account that it is an open secret that Tesla is accumulated outdoors thousands of cybertruck that He can’t sell for monthsthe rejection of the buyer to one with four months is more than understandable. Manufacture and park. That a vehicle spends four months stored in a campaign is not the best for your health. In the case of an electric vehicle, it is especially relevant, since the battery storage temperature, its load level, air ventilation to avoid moisture, possible oxides … Everything influences. One of the photographers of Tesla’s gigafactories published in X, without giving much more data about itthe image that shows dozens of cybertrucks freshly production. Some of them were ready to be delivered, others would remain waiting for owner. Tesla Model 3 highland that had not yet been sold, stranded in fields Hundreds of tesla not sold, stacked in another field. The problem with the fields. The problem is that, on more than one occasion, He has hunted Tesla accumulating in Campas Hundreds of without selling vehicles. And, yes, there will be some lucky owner who ends up sending one of the Tesla who has been outdoor months. It is not a car to play it. The maturity that Tesla has achieved by refining the manufacture of Model 3 or the Model and It is quite far from the Cybertruck historic. This electric truck has a terrible depreciation For their very high repair costs, their numerous call calls and the various problems associated with its manufacture. It is predictable that the potential customer of a Cybertruck is new, something that clashes frontally with the gigantic vehicle park without selling that Tesla has now in its factories. More manufacture than sales. This excess stock responds to a basic: Tesla has manufactured many more cybertrucks than its public demands. So much, that the company is starting to lower the price drastically and open to new markets, such as Saudi Arabia, to stabilize sales. Last April we had news about an inevitable response to this situation: Tesla is beginning to reduce the production of the Cybertruck and reducing up to half some of its production equipment, According to Business Insider sources. Image | Joe Tegtmeyer In Xataka | The owners of a Tesla Cybertruck “packed” it with solar panels for $ 10,000. They won 7 kilometers of autonomy

More than 2.5 million people have attended a concert by Lady Gaga. It is not excellent news for music

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If someone wondered if THE FIASCO AT CUP OF ‘JOKER: Folie à Deux’ I was going to have a negative impact on Lady Gaga’s career, this weekend the artist has been in charge of demonstrating that she has not been beating a worldwide record: about two and a half million peopleaccording to sources from Lady Gaga, they gathered in Rio de Janeiro for a direct artist. It is the largest amount of audiences ever gathered for a female singer, thus exceeding the figure that Madonna had previously held with 1.6 million people. Free abracadabra. The artist played on the beach of Copacabana before these two and a half million spectators, and came to thank the presence of the crowd live. In the previous days, the fever by the singer, who has been preparing the event since last Tuesday, has taken over Brazil. Lady Gaga had been seen for the territory for 12 years, and took the opportunity to review all her great successes, including some of her last supervants, ‘Mayhem’. After being a sign in Coachella and giving this historic concert, the singer addresses Singapore. Shortly after the world tour will begin to promote his latest album. More macroconcientes. The echo that Lady Gaga’s concert has had nothing strange: the macroconciente is, paradoxically, The new music expression unit. Media mastodon with a media deployment only within reach of the largest and that are the musical equivalent of Marvel’s-evidence. Its profitability is beyond doubt: in Spain in 2024, live music entered 25.32% more than the previous year, 725.6 million euros. This upward traction is only possible in terms of great events and concerts in giant enclosures. The authentic business. We can jump to a global scale: According to Pollstar dataonly the 100 most successful tours in the world (that is, all macroconcientes) reached a joint collection of 9.5 billion dollars. If we take into account that the music industry globally billed 29.6 billion dollars in 2024we can get an idea of ​​how important this part of the business is: practically a third of the total. Let’s add another nuance: in 2023, concerts and macroconcientes They generated 304 million euros in Spainbut its real economic impact was 2.2 billion euros. The figures are multiplied in proportion to global scale, and it is understood why the industry is interested in supporting the great events, however expensive they are. The roller of the macroconciente. Macrofestivals and macroconcierts have become a completely autonomous monster and outside the industry movements. Undoubtedly, this new normality of the industry has affected, above all, the smallest concerts and the most modest proposals. As Cruz saysauthor of the ‘macrofestival’ essay, “the penalty is that the possibility of enjoying live music is only in enclosures with 40,000 people, video screens, overlapping groups. We should be able to have other ways to consume live music because I believe that this does not generate public for music, but in any case for more festivals.” More money does not imply growth. Or said with figures, Pollstar numbers of 2024 they throw a paradox. While concert revenues increased by number 8.7 % compared to the same period of 2023 and the number of shows increased by 16.7 %, which suggested an expanding industry, that growth is not uniform. On the other hand, the average gross income per show fell 6.9 % and the average number of tickets sold by show decreased by 14.9 % (what does this mean: that in a year the tickets have risen notoriously at the price). Obstacles for the rooms. All these figures point to a domination of macroeventos and macroconciertes in the musical panorama. And it is not necessary to go to the specific numbers: in Madrid, institutional efforts are turned into the Reopening of Santiago Bernabeu and in a fight with Barcelona to see who organizes the most gigantic event. Meanwhile, legislation for small rooms and events is extremely demandingwith very noticeable capacity limitations, and the most modest concert organizers find continuous obstacles to access specific subsidies or to guarantee the survival of their businesses. The artist loses. The artists themselves in groups not only small (who often have to pay rates for the rental of concert rooms), but of medium impact and sometimes international reach, they lose with the comparison. British Kate Nash talked about how after a medium -sized room tour I could lose 50,000 pounds. A few weeks ago, the group of Wales the peasants! He took off the costs of turning out of his country, and no matter how successful they had, the accounts They hardly square. The Spaniards Viva Belgrade talked about how La Riviera and Tokyo Salas filled and They couldn’t live from music. They are just some examples that give away a situation that may not be reversed. The monster of the macroconciertes devours the most modest scene, and it is not so much a popular impact problem (two and a half million people!) Or income for the industry, but of something so simple and essential for the survival of music as there are still groups that compose new songs, and that make the medium beyond the castle of fireworks. Header | Ralph_ph – Peter e In Xataka | Taylor Swift has already released 34 editions from his latest album. OBJECTIVE: Never abandon success lists

Venice established a rate to combat tourism hordes. Japan has copied the strategy: the one that arrives, pays

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It happened recently with the arrival of the “Holy Week.” Venice enhanced a little more That pioneering toll years ago. The figures that threw the input rate had gone so well, that the city He folded his price. A measure for which Italy sought to restore the balance between the rights of residents and the massive arrival of visitors. A nation has followed the popular enclave: Japan. Mass tourism and fiscal burden. We have been telling: Japan does not stop Receive touristsand given the unstoppable increase, a growing number of Japanese municipalities It has begun To look at the rates used in other enclaves Like Venice: Implement specific taxes for foreigners, in an effort to compensate for the growing costs that tourism activity imposes on local communities. According to Nikkeithese measures mainly include accommodation taxes per night, but are also expanding towards more innovative taxation forms that seek to exclude local payment residents, applying the principle of “who causes, pays.” The objective is clear: preserve fiscal viability of towns and cities that face a reverse demographic pressure (populations in decline in front of booming tourism) and sustain fundamental public services without moving the burden to those who live there permanently. Accommodation tax. Since Tokyo pioneered a pioneer fixed tax per person And by night in the accommodations, others 11 locations They have joined, the most recent of them Atamiin the prefecture of Shizuoka, which began to collect a tribute from 200 yen per night April 1. This tax, which will generate about 600 million annual yen, will serve to finance the new Atami Tourism Office and local activities such as fireworks festivals. The model adopted by most cities consists of fixed rates, staggered depending on the price of accommodation, to facilitate their collection and minimize the administrative load on hotels and hosts. However, there is a unique case with Kutchanin Hokkaido, which since 2019 imposes A 2% tax On the cost of accommodation in its resort area, a pioneering measure that other municipalities, such as Rusutsuthey study to replicate. Miyajima and the model. One of the most significant developments has been the tax applied by Hatsukaichi for access the island of Miyajimathat since October 2023 gravel with 100 additional yen to each ferry passenger. The measure, inspired by the principle of the so -called as “cause pays”seeks that visitors (not residents) absorb the costs derived from their presence, such as waste management, traffic and water and sewerage services. Unlike other rates aimed at promoting tourism, this is a general tax that can be used for any area of ​​the local budget. With a population of just 1,400 people and 4.85 million visitors in 2024, Miyajima was has become a symbol how mass tourism can overflow the operational capacity of a heritage enclave without adequate corrective measures. Biei: Combined taxes. Another illustrative case occurs in Bieialso in Hokkaido, who proposed A double taxation to balance the impact of tourists: a 200 yen accommodation tax per night and a parking charge in the Shirogane Blue Parkone of its main tourist attractions. With 2.39 million visitors in 2023 but only 158,000 overnight stays, most tourists are one -day hikers, which motivated A mixed scheme For everyone to contribute. Both measures are expected to collect more than 239 million annual yenresources that will be used both to maintain services and to support agricultural policies, in an attempt to reinforce the local economy from multiple fronts. Challenges and risks. As both prefectures and municipalities adopt their own variants of these taxes, new challenges arise, including the double taxation risk in areas where regional and local rates coincide. In addition, given that the fiscal performance of these measures depends directly on the concentration of accommodation facilities, the regions with the highest proportion of visitors without prolonged stay can be at a disadvantage, accentuating territorial inequalities. Solution? Some local governments (such as Sadoin Niigata) have considered alternatives such as Input taxes generalized to the island, which would simplify the collection and guarantee a more equitable distribution of the tax burden between short and long -term visitors. Local response to a global phenomenon. In short, the backdrop of this proliferation of tourist rates is still A paradox Increasingly common: destinations of international fame that at the same time face the collapse of their resident population and the overload of their services for the massive influx of those tourists once longed for their economies. As He counted in Nikkei Mneaki AokiProfessor at the University of Kanagawa and advisor to the tax systems of Miyajima and Biei, the “cause pays” adapts well to places where tourists exceed largely in number to the permanent inhabitants. Faced with tourism as a blessing and burden, these mechanisms seek a more pragmatic solution: conserve hospitality without sacrificing tax sustainability (or local quality of life). In that sense, Japan, with its meticulous normative approach, becomes a RARE Av of policy laboratory that could inspire other countries under the same dilemma, going from “copying” Enclaves like Venice to become a pioneer with their own initiatives. Image | Pexels In Xataka | Venice has just activated his plan against mass tourism: an entry rate that doubles its price In Xataka | Japan has realized that to welcome 60 million tourists, something lacks: workers in the hotels

United States Fracking

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The oil market has been going through a complex scenario for months, marked by Failed stabilization attempts, Tariff war and one OPEC+ increasingly divided. This combination of factors has pushed the price of crude to $ 60 per barrel, well below the profitability threshold for many producers. To this context is added a new pressure element: China It has begun to produce its own oil. In response, Saudi Arabia has decided not to give its hegemony. Short. Saudi Arabia has decided to increase its oil production for the second month of consecutive together with seven more OPEC+countries. According to Reutersthe organization will add 411,000 barrels more to the market in June, which has caused an immediate drop in prices: Brent has collapsed more than 4%, below 59 dollars, and the WTI has fallen to $ 56. This production rise has been interpreted by some analysts as an energy reconfiguration signal. However, not everyone believes that it is a war opened by the market share. According to Giovanni StaunovoUBS analyst, the measure is part of a “managed reduction” of the previous cuts, more than a direct offensive. Even so, the market has reacted nervously, as if the fear of an excess supply was already inevitable. Cheaper. The Saudi kingdom has made it clear that it is willing to live with a cheaper crude, even if that implies tensioning its own finances, such as has detailed Financial Times. And of course, the question revolves around why he has taken this course. The hypothesis that has raised The energy expert, Helima Croft, is that Riyad is tried to discipline the members that generate more problems within the group: Kazakhstan, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates, which have been producing above their quotas. When flooding the market and push the prices down, the message is clear: if they do not cooperate, everyone will lose. There are more parts of the puzzle. This strategy is pushing prices with the aim of getting the most expensive producers from the game, specifically the United States. The energy analyst, Javier Blas, He explained That the tactic was applied in 2014 and 2016, and the then Saudi Minister of Petroleum, Ali al-Naimi, was blunt: “US companies could cut expenses, borrow or close if the barrel fell below $ 50.” Today, with the WTI around $ 56, the message is the same: if fracking does not survive these prices, will be out of the market. Collateral damage. However, this movement shakes its own allies. According to Financial TimesRussia, who has been a key partner in the OPEC+ alliance since 2016, needs high prices to balance its public accounts. In that sense, Saudi Arabia is willing to accept collateral damage, even if that implies weakening Moscow, which could also be approaching Washington on the geopolitical board. Mutual trust has eroded, and Riad seems to cover his back. International sanctions. Saudi Arabia may also be anticipating the possible return to the market of two sanctioned rivals: Iran and Venezuela. According to Bloomberg, if the White House relaxes the restrictions – for example, as part of a negotiation with Tehran – those countries can export large volumes of oil. Riad, aware that he cannot stop that wave, would have chosen to increase his production now, before the quotas must be distributed again within the OPEC+ and he is required to give up space. In addition, Rystad Energy analyst Jorge León has detailed What happened is “a pump launched on the oil market.” If the increase in April production was an attention call, this new decision represents “a definitive message” that Saudi Arabia has changed strategy and now prioritizes market share above high prices. The message of Saudi Arabia. Riad’s tonic leaves no room for misunderstandings, since it has gone from protecting prices to defend its market share, it costs what it costs. If to recover control you must force prices that expel the weakest, discipline their own and anticipate sanctioned rivals, will do so. The strategy is clear: better pain now, than irrelevance tomorrow. Image | Unspash Xataka | China approaches energy self -sufficiency: it activates 10 new reactors and reinforces its nuclear domain

The delay of ‘GTA VI’ goes far beyond a mere change in the calendar. It is an earthquake for industry

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Not as expected, the Delay in the launch of ‘GTA VI‘He has stopped causing a stir in the video game industry. Rockstar’s title was announced in the Already distant December 5, 2023 With a trailer that gave us clues of where the shots would go, but that left us wanting more after the launch of a ‘gta v’ that dates back to 2013. In its first version. ‘GTA VI‘It was the great launch of 2025 and its absence is much more than the delay of one of the greats. It is an earthquake in the industry because it affects the rest of the calendarto the actions of your parent company and even console sales that do not go as they should. Momentum. In a strange way, on Friday, May 2, at 13.25 peninsular time in Spain and with a release Bug, Rockstar confirmed what was smelled to kilometers: ‘GTA VI’ was going to 2026. The company sets date: May 26 next year, and it is a fairly significant date, not so much because it represents something, but because the rest of the industry breathes relieved and knows what to stick to. But despite the ways, the way of communicating that ‘GTA VI’ will not be launched this year is not accidental. From the first 2023 trailer and that “will arrive in 2025”, we had not had more news about it. ‘GTA VI’ would sell even without advertising, but it was strange not to have seen anything else from the game. The players knew in the background that the game may not leave this year, and Rockstar itself knew it before that announcement. Why did he do so? Because we are in the middle of the year and they could not do it before April 1. Impact. It was that day that finished Take-Two’s fiscal closure, a company that Rockstar Games is filial and could not announce in any way that the game was delayed if they wanted to keep investors happy. For sample, a button: The value of the actions: The difference between half an hour prior to the announcement and later days is evident. Because, as we said, ‘Grand Theft Auto’ has long since stopped being a game to become the game, the one that raises passions and moves a lot, a lot of money. Not surprisingly, the fifth delivery has been released several times (in 2013 the original arrived for Xbox 360 and PS3but then relaunted for PC, Xbox One and PS4 and, later, for current Xbox Series and PS5), adding More than 210 million copies as of December 31, 2024. 2025 is again in the menu. Even ‘Red Dead Redemption 2‘, which is a game that has sold well below’ GTA V ‘, has managed to place more than 70 million copies since its launch in 2018, a barbarity in a supersaturated market. Because, as we say, Rockstar is a company that can paralyze the industry. So much that it has become a kind of joke within the sector. Because nobody wants to launch their game in the window of a ‘GTA’ and, after those sales of the fifth numbered delivery, the industry was waiting for Rockstar to specify a date -beyond the window given a year ago– To start moving marketing machinery. This, more than a personal appreciation, has been a recurring comment on networks these days. An example is Luke Dale, voice actor in ‘Kingdom eats Deliverance 2‘That he joked with the possibility that the game in which he participates, now, can opt for the Goty (the best game of the year) in the absence of the Rockstar title. Console sales. But, beyond public and private opinion of the sector, it is a fact that players have no money or time for everything. They are the two goods that the industry seeks to monopolize by all possible means, and the launch of a ‘GTA’ is a large black hole for the rest of the companies that, now, can place their games in the launch windows they estimate without worrying about the elongated shadow of the rockstar saga. But there are entities in the industry to which this sure delay that has not fallen so well. Xbox stopped being in the hardware race with Any device can be an Xbox. PlayStation, a brand traditionally linked to the ‘GTA’ saga, would surely have many hopes that the new installment gave both its PS5 and a Ps5 pro With more power to display the best visual quality of the video game. HE esteem That, between January 1 and April 25, Sony has distributed 3.2 million machines. Xbox, meanwhile, 730,000 consoles in that period and, although especially in the case of Sony is a good figure, It supposes One million units than those he managed to place in the same period last year. ‘GTA VI’ seemed like a breath of fresh air, especially when there are already rumors that point to A PS6 in 2027. 2025 was never realistic. At least, that states Jason Schreier. It is one of the most reputed journalists in the video game industry and, just after the announcement of the delay of ‘GTA VI’, he commented that none of the people he has talked about within Rockstar trusted 2025 as a viable date for the launch and that a delay to 2026 was inevitable. In their wordsthere is “a lot of work and very little time”, and this delay was an internal desire to Avoid a crunch -Term of the world that reflects extra hours to finish the development- inevitable if someone from above intended to launch the game in 2025. Now, it only remains to wait to see if that date of May 26, 2026 remains fixed, since like other developments – of Rockstar itself – they have shown us, it is that no date is marked in stone and that there can be one … or even two more delays from there. In Xataka | A ‘GTA VI’ I only ask … Read more

China’s big problem with chips is its difficulty to go beyond 7 Nm. Huawei’s new megaphabic confirms it

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China is doing everything in your hand to achieve total independence of its semiconductor industry. The commercial and technological war that sustains with the US prevents the country of Xi Jinping access to the manufacturing equipment of Most advanced integrated circuits that produces The Dutch Company ASML. And this in practice does not allow Chinese manufacturers, such as SMIC or Hua Hong Semiconductor, produce integrated avant -garde circuits easily. In the previous paragraph I have used the adverb “easily” intentionally because, in reality, China is manufacturing avant -garde semiconductors. They are doing it At least SMIC and Huawei using, as we have explained in other articles, a lithography technique known as Multiple patterning. This strategy in broad strokes consists in transferring the pattern to the wafer in several passes with the purpose of increasing the resolution of the lithographic process. His problem is that he usually has an upward impact on the cost of chips and the decline in production capacity, although it works. In fact, the most advanced chips we can find in the last smartphones and hardware for artificial intelligence (IA) more sophisticated in Huawei have been manufactured using the technique of Multiple patterning with the purpose of reaching 7 Nm. However, presumably this Chinese company will produce Your new GPU for the Ascend 920 During the second half of 2025 using 6 Nm integration technology. Satellite images show the huge complex that Huawei is building A little over a year ago, in February 2024, the newspaper Financial Times said having had access to the statements of two experts who defended that SMIC was finalizing the refinement of their semiconductor manufacturing processes in their deep ultraviolet machines (UVP). Its purpose, according to this source, was to have the necessary technology to manufacture Integrated 5 nm circuits Massively before the year 2024. For SMIC and its clients, among which Huawei is, this would be a very important achievement. Huawei is trying to develop its own integration technology to go beyond 6 and 7 nm However, Huawei’s 5 NM socates have not yet appeared. The chip Kirin 9010 which has happened to the 9000S model is also being manufactured in the 7 NM SMIC node using The technique of Multiple patterning. We can find this soc, for example, in the new triple folding of Huawei, the Mate XT Ultimate Designwhich we tried during the latest edition of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Anyway, we can be sure that Huawei is trying to develop its own integration technology to go beyond 6 and 7 nm. In addition, it has the support of the Chinese government. In fact, Financial Times He has achieved photographs taken from a satellite in which it is possible to see a titanic manufacturing complex of integrated avant -garde circuits that Huawei is building in Shenzhen. It is meritorious that a single company is trying to develop all the links in the semiconductor supply chain and AI, As Dylan Patel arguesthe founder of the semi -health consultant, but There is a problem. And is that according to Eleanor Olcottthe Financial Times correspondent in China expert in technology, this megaplant of chips production aspires to manufacture integrated 7 nm circuits destined for smartphones and hardware for Huawei. If this information is confirmed, it will be evident that this company is still anchored at 7 Nm, although it is important that we do not overlook that this semiconductor production plant will presumably belong to Huawei. Until now, its 7 Nm chips were manufactured by SMIC, but it seems that in a short time this company will have the ability to produce its own avant -garde circuits. It is only a matter of time that finally the barrier of the 6 and 7 nm is shot down. Image | Huawei More information | Financial Times In Xataka | TSMC acknowledges that it has been considered taking its factories out of Taiwan. It is impossible for a good reason

Where we had heat waves before, Aemet only expects rain and cold

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Although there are many areas that have not noticed, the first weekend has been starring large storms in much of the country. And, according to weather models, The thing is not going to stay there. Throughout this week, a new anticyclonic block in the British islands will be consolidated. It is not clear if this is going to open, again, the doors of the Atlantic (some models draw a ‘bridge’ between the Azores and Ireland), but right now the probability that vaguada or cold strokes will begin to get off the cold or storms is very high. So much so that Monday we already have rains. Catalonia, the north of the Valencian Community, the Balearic Islands and the interior of the plateau will have rains, hailstorms and strong winds throughout Monday. During Tuesday the storms will be primarily paid in the northwest third of the country. On Wednesday, According to Samuel Bienerthe storms will be reinforced in “The East Castilla-La Mancha, Sierras de Granada, Jaén and Almería, interior of the region of Murcia, Teruel and the Valencian Community.” But, as I say, that’s just the appetizer. Because if the models get right We will have a Dana (or a cold storm, it is not yet clear) near the peninsula at the end of the week. Be that as it may, this assures us a very unstable first Miad: unstable skies, water and Reasonable temperatures – Well below normal ,. A rare spring. If we lift the view and look at a couple more weeks, the forecasts are quite clear: everything seems to indicate that a long storm period awaits us. As they explain in CazatorentasIt is a direct consequence of the blockade. That draws a spring very different from the previous ones. Different? Not so much because of the temperatures that, with nuances, are within normal in most of the country. The nuances are that, on the coasts, they will be “slightly warmer than normal” and that, at the southwest end, they will be “slightly colder than normal.” This, already, gives us a good track of the expected rains. Except the Canary Islands and the Northwest Third, The models wait that rainfall in May is more intense than normal. Everything seems to indicate that summer can more and the tap will end up closing, but all this planets interesting things. The most important is what will happen now. Change of trend or simply an extremely weird year? Image | ECMWF In Xataka | May is putting a March face: Aemet’s great question is if 2025 will definitely end the drought

After announcing his withdrawal, Warren Buffet is clear about what to do with his immense inheritance

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In a little less than five months Warren Buffetthe “Oracle of Omaha” will fulfill nine and a half decades of life. The years nevertheless have kept their acuity, interest and especially their ability to amaze intact. He has demonstrated this weekend, when after the massive share of shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway and for pasmo from his team (including who his successor will be) advertisement His intention to leave the position of CEO of the holding company At the end of the year. The position will pass to the current vice president, Greg Abel. Warren Buffet did not mention his other responsibility, that of President of the Council, which A priori will happen to his son Howard; But the announcement recalls one of the maxims shared by the famous Omaha investor: his rejection of the long “dynasties”. So much is in fact that, beyond the Berkshire Shareholders Board, Buffett has already left it All tied so that the enormous fortune that adds its actions in Berkshire is destined for philanthropic work. “The time has come”. Throughout his extensive and brilliant career as a investor, Warren Buffet has done more than earning billions of dollars and becoming the fifth largest fortune on the planet, according to The list Forbes. It has also become a respected voice. And feared. It was clear on Saturday during the massive share of shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway held in Omaha (Nebraska) with the assistance of thousands of people. There, in addition to talking about the accounts of the holding companyconfirm your Huge volume of liquid In full stock storm and launch some other Indirect with political reading, buffet gave the big surprise, “the news of the day”, in His own words: The veteran investor advertisement His desire to leave the position of executive director of Berkshire Hathaway. He will do it at the end of this year, when he passes the reins of the current vice president, Greg Abel (62), whom Buffett chose as his successor four years agobut that Saturday was not aware of the last plans of the businessman. In fact Buffett had only shared them with his children. Click on the image to go to Tweet. What exactly will it do? “The time has come for Greg to become the CEO of the company at the end of the year and I want to communicate it to the directors and give that recommendation,” Buffett explained. In his announcement he referred exclusively to the position of CEO, not that of President of the Council, responsibility that he also holds. According to revealed in January The Wall Street Journalthe succession plan goes through his son Howie Buffett (70 years) who assumes the role of non -executive president of Berkshire Hathaway. Your mission will be to maintain the corporate culture of the holding company. Even if the reveo to Greg Abel is going to spend, Buffett explained that he does not have “No intention” To sell his participations from Berkshire Hathaway, he will remain as a shareholder and assured that he will continue “around there”, although he guaranteed that the responsibility of the CEO will fall on his successor. “I think Berkshire’s perspectives will be better under the direction of Greg than under mine.” The Holding CEO will have the challenge of taking over from a legendary figure of finance that Berkshire Hathayway turned into a giant investor with a market capitalization that has grown in a form practically constant From the 90s and it is one of the great US companies, just behind the “Big Tech.” The future of his fortune. It is not the first time that Warren Buffett clears what will be the future of his legacy. In November 2024 The investor published A letter aimed at the shareholders in which he already gave some clues about what he planned to do with his fortune, which was then valued in 149.7 billion of dollars and Forbes places now in around 168,200. His desire happens because much of that wealth is destined for philanthropic causes, a commitment assumed by buffet himself in 2006. In the Charter he shared in fact his decision to convert 1,600 of his class A actions into 2.4 million class B shares, with less right to vote, to distribute them among family foundations. Most of them was dedicated to Susan Thompson Buffetta beneficial organization created in 1964 and is named after Buffett’s first woman. A 56% cut in eight years. “The donations I make today reduce my class A actions from Berkshire to 206,363, 56.6% less than in 2006,” he detailed in Your letter At the end of 2024, in which another key fact owes: at his death, his children will be responsible for “gradually distributing” all their participations in the holding, which they represented at that time around 99.5% of their entire heritage. The tycoon therefore leaves his children the task of distributing everything possible to beneficial causes. In case it does not give them time in life (he is between 67 and 71 years old), the mission will go to three anonymous trusts that would replace them. “I have never wanted a dynasty”. Buffett’s letter is interesting for something else: in it the investor shares reflections on the future, legacy and family. And it is pronounced redhead against long business lineages. “I have never wanted to create a dynasty or pursue any plan that extended beyond the children. I know all three well and fully trust them. Future generations are another issue,” reveals. “Who can foresee the priorities, intelligence and fidelity of successive generations to deal with the distribution of extraordinary wealth in the midst of what can be a very different philanthropic panorama? Even so, the enormous wealth that I have gathered can take longer to deploy than what my children live. And it is likely that the decisions of the tomorrow take better three brains buffet trench Before announcing the designation of three successor trusts, younger than their children, who arrived at the time would be … Read more

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